*** | Len Castle, large stoneware hanging form, with textured umber pigmented surface, incised with a waving pattern & alkaline blue glaze to interior, impressed initials. Height 28 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl with dark green glaze over tenmoku, impressed initials. Diameter 34 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging form, stoneware with textured ochre surface. Height 22 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware shino glazed jar, impressed initials, height 18.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, earth book, white earthenware with black staining, impressed initials to base. Width 24 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, volcanic bomb, earthenware with red lava glaze to the interior, impressed initials, length 20 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging earthenware vase, decorated with incised concentric bands and pierced at the rim for suspension, impressed initials, made and fired at Tawini Road. illustrated: Len Castle Potter, p.34. Provenance: From the Neil and Fay Castle… | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, earthenware bowl, hand modelled with matt grey stained exterior and unglazed interior rim with blue glaze to the well. Provenance: From the Neil and Fay Castle Collection. Diameter 31 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware globular vase, with textured umber pigmented surface. Height 24 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with jun type glaze over tenmoku. Diameter 18 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl, tenmoku glaze with wax resist quince blossom decoration. Diameter 30 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bottle, with applied strap handle and shino-type glaze and with original shino glazed stopper, impressed initials to the base. Height 32 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl with pitted textured green glazed surface, circa 1990, impressed initials to the base. Diameter 35 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle. Stoneware water jug with blue glaze. Height 23 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with shino glaze; from the last firing at the Warkworth kiln, impressed initials, diameter 22 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large earthenware platter, with alkaline blue glaze impressed initials width 44 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with tenmoku gestural decoration, impressed mark, 29 cm deep | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware lipped bowl with textured exterior and alkaline blue glazed well impressed initials to the base. Diameter 22 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, handled jar, stoneware with rope impressed decoration, impressed mark to the base, height 24 cm. Provenance: John Crichton Estate | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware wine flagon, similar to the previous lot | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, pair of stoneware dishes, one with a reducing red glaze over tenmoku, the other with a reducing olive green glaze over tenmoku (hairline crack), each with impressed initials to base. Diameter 31 cm x 31 cm each | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware deep platter, with ash glaze, impressed initials. Width 39 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with shino glaze; from the last firing at the Warkworth kiln, impressed initials, diameter 21 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware circular planter, with poured green ash glaze, c.1970s, LC mark. Diameter 32 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Large flagon, ash glazed stoneware, potter's mark to the base, 34.5 x 26 x 26 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware hanging form, with iron oxide washed texture surface, impressed mark to the back, width 26.5 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Wilson | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Hemispherical red lava glazed bowl, impressed mark to the base, diameter 28 cm. Provenance: Estate of John Wilson | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, 'Sea Secret', with blue alkaline glazed interior. Diameter 24.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware platter, with brushed decoration, jun glaze over tenmoku, impressed initials. Width 44 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl, shino and white crackle glaze, impressed initials to the base. Diameter 37 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl with shino-type glaze. Provenance: From the Neil and Fay Castle Collection. Diameter 23 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, earthenware spherical bowl, with deep blue glaze, impressed initials to the base. Provenance: From the Neil and Fay Castle Collection. Diameter 30 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware pouring vessel, with grey ash glaze over an iron rich underglaze, impressed initials, width 34 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, small turquoise bowl, with bright crackled glaze over the white ceramic body, impressed LC mark to foot, diameter 17.5 cm. Provenance: Collection of the Castle Family | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Large globular vase, stoneware with textured umber pigmented surface, impressed potter's cypher to the foot, height 18 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, pale celadon pourer and cup, stoneware with crackled glaze, the cup (A/F) with impressed potter's cypher, the bottle, height 18.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Three miniature shino glazed ceramics, comprising a bottle and two lipped bowls, the bottle with impressed LC mark to foot, height 9.5 cm, width 7.3 cm and width 7.3 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware flagon originally made for the Dees-stalkers Inn, Ponsonby road, Auckland incised initials. Height 20 cm. Provenance: from the collection of Ruth Butterworth | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware brush pot cylindrical shape with textured surface with red and brown ash glaze, unglazed to the base impressed initials. Height 25 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, sea hawk, hanging form in earthenware, impressed initials, 24 cm x 23 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large cylindrical stoneware brushpot, with textured surface with grey and cream ash glazes impressed initials height 29.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, c.1970s, white ash glaze over tenmoku. Depth 31 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware dish decorated in white slip with a Japanese style Seto horse-eye design. Artist initials to base | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware dish, of rectangular form with ash glaze and impressed decoration to the well, incised initials to the base. Length 30 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, black mirror glaze bowl, with jun glaze effects to the well, circa 1980s, LC mark, diameter 25 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large pouring bowl, in colonial shino glaze, circa 1990s, LC mark, diameter 30 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware flagon, with four necks in pale green ash glaze, circa 1960s, C mark, height 24 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large tenmoku pouring vessel, richly glazed in tenmoku, circa 1970s, C mark, diameter 30 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large jug, with saturated iron underglaze and grey flecked semi matt talc overglaze, circa 1970s, C mark, height 35 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware pouring flask, in oxide washed stoneware with green glaze interior, circa 1970, C mark, height 22 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, deep stoneware bowl, with rich colonial shino glaze, c1970's, C mark, diameter 28 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging form, in blue glazed stoneware, diameter 26 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, planter pot, in colonial shino glaze with heavily scored body, circa 1970, rare early 1970s mark, diameter 23 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, circular platter, in colonial shino with combed decoration to the well, circa 1970s, diameter 31 cm. The decoration on this platter was created using an antique samurai comb that Len Castle was given when he was in Japan. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, ovoid vase, with rolled neck in various barium blue glazes, circa 1990s, LC mark, height 23 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, trio of spherical breast pots, in finely textured iron oxide washed stoneware. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, porcelain bowl, with alkaline blue crackle glaze. Diameter 20 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl with talc crackle glaze to the well with stipple detailing, the exterior glazed in tenmoku. Diameter 28 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, an early dish with blue abstract slip decoration on a pale blue ground, impressed initials. Diameter 10 cm. Provenance: Castle family collection | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl with shino-type glaze. impressed initials to the base. Diameter 30 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware bowl with shino-type glaze, impressed initials to the base. Diameter 40 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware jug with strap handle and iron ash glaze, impressed initials. Height 26 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, early prototype stoneware pourer, with pale celadon glaze (repaired chip to the spout), impressed mark, height 19 cm. Provenance: Neil and Fay Castle collection | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware hanging form, with umber pigmented surface, impressed initials, mid 1990s, height 36 cm. Provenance: Anneke Borren Collection | *** | |
*** | Theo Schoon, an archive of photographs, sketches and correspondence from the collection of Len Castle, consisting of two silver gelatin photographs and 18 loose sheets of graphite and ink working drawings with notes and annotations, the two photographs:… | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Volcanic series bowl, pink and cream crackle glaze over shino heavily pitted to well from multiple firings, potter's mark to the base, Diameter 21 cm. Provenance: John Perry collection | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware hanging form sedge vase, textured surface with iron oxide wash, impressed initials. Height 15 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging stone ware bottle vase of tapering form with oxide wash, unmarked. Height 30 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, yunomi (tea cup) with chun-type glaze, impressed initials. Height 9 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, early slip trailed pin dish, decorated with three fish, unmarked, diameter 10.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with pale blue glaze. Height 26 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Alkaline blue glazed porcelain bowl. Diameter 21 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, porcelain bowl, with alkaline blue glaze and combed scallop decoration to the bowl. Diameter 20 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, early squat hexagonal vase, with flared rim in rich tenmoku glaze, circa 1958, C mark, height 17 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Small Pacific Series bowl, stoneware with green and brown ash glaze to the interior, incised initials to the base, Width 19.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging form, bottle shaped, unglazed with umber pigmented surface. Provenance: From the Neil and Fay Castle Collection. Length 23 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, two fossils, unglazed and textured earthenware with blue glazed interior. Provenance: From the Neil and Fay Castle Collection. Length 10 cm and 11 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, hanging form with texture ochre surface, impressed initials. Width 28 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, early slip trailed pin dish, with a crab on a blue glazed ground, circa 1951, impressed mark. Provenance: Neil and Fay Castle collection. Note: a dish decorated with a similar design with a yellow glaze is illustrated in Ron Sang and Len… | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, slip trailed pin dish, with the image of a crab in pale blue on a pale green ground, impressed mark, diameter 11 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, volcanic ejecta, earthenware with red lava glaze to the interior, circa 2007, impressed initials, length 15 cm. Provenance: Neil and Fay Castle collection | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl with mirror black underglaze, black and bluish jun type overglaze. Diameter 32 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Stoneware hanging form, with ribbed pattern and ochre wash, 10.5 x 16 x 7 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, small avian bowl, the interior with mottled grey glaze, the textured exterior with umber pigment, impressed potter's mark to the base, width 22 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, with tenmoku gaze over ash, diameter 36 cm. Provenance: New Vision Gallery Collection | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware square charger, with blue glaze, impressed mark. Width 42 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, early slip trailed pin dish, decorated with a pair of ferns in speckled white on a green ground, impressed 'C' mark to the base, diameter 10.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware brushpot, with textured surface and ash glaze, impressed mark, height 24.5 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Large stoneware dish, with thick, dark tenmoku glaze with mottled grey and 'bubbling' effects to the well, impressed LC mark to foot, diameter 31 cm. Provenance: Collection of the Castle Family | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, Celadon crackled glaze oval bowl, porcelain, impressed potter's cypher to underside, 16 x 14 x 9 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware bowl with tenmoku glaze and wax resist quince blossom decoration. Impressed initials to the base. Diameter 34 cm. | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, large stoneware dish with Japanese impressed decoration impressed initials. Repaired hairline crack. length 41 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, stoneware ovoid vase, with ash glaze with pieced stoneware lugs with rope binding, impressed initials to the base. Height 29 cm | *** | |
*** | Takeichi Kawai and Len Castle, stoneware lidded jar, with blue glaze over tenmoku, c. 1964. Height 21 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, slip trailed pin dish, in earthenware with two animal figures to the well in white on a green ground, circa mid-1950s, C mark, diameter 10 cm | *** | |
*** | Len Castle, ceremonial pouring vessel, in stoneware with a saturated iron underglaze and a grey semi matt talc overglaze, circa 1970s, C mark, height 25 cm | *** | |